Power Shutdown in Kashmir Areas; KPDCL urges Consumers to use Power Judiciously to avoid DT Damage

Power Shutdown in Kashmir Areas; KPDCL urges consumers to use power judiciously to avoid DT damage

• KPDCL urges consumers to use power judiciously to avoid DT damage
• Buffer Stock of 1554 DTs maintained, key material stocked

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 28(KN): Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), today urged its domestic consumers to use power judiciously which shall safeguard DTs (Domestic Transformers) from getting damaged, resulting in power outages and hardships to the people in winter.

In a statement issued here today, a KPDCL spokesperson stated that with the onset of winter, heating load has increased with consumers in flat-rate areas using crude heating gadgets like boilers and heaters that critically overload and damage the DTs. “In metered areas, night vigils have been intensified to check bypassing of meters and hooking by consumers on bare conductor, with the intention to use power unauthorizedly,” he stated.

Anticipating DT damage in peak winter and in order to provide succour to the consumers, KPDCL has maintained a buffer stock of 1554 DTs this winter. “In the eventuality of snowfall, stocking of 2030 steel poles, 600 km of conductor and 128 barrels of Transformer Oil has also been done for immediate repair and restoration works,” he added.

KPDCL has also worked out a deep reserve buffer of DTs, STPs, ACSR and T. Oil that shall be invoked if any such need arises in peak winter due to heavy snowfall.

Last winter, a buffer stock of 1412 DTs had been maintained by KPDCL to facilitate the consumers across all 10 districts of Kashmir valley.

Reiterating KPDCL’s commitment to replace the damaged DT within the stipulated timelines, the spokesman, however, clarified that repeat damage of DT by excessive overloading by consumers shall attract longer replacement timelines, keeping in view the 24×7 working schedule of technical staff to repair the DTs at Central Workshop at Pampore, all Divisional Workshops of KPDCL and empanelled SSI units.

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Power Shutdown in Kashmir

According to the Chief Engineer, Distribution, KPDCL, in order to carry out Branch Cutting, the shutdown of below mentioned 33KV lines shall be observed which will subsequently affect electricity to given areas.

The shutdown of 33 KV Magam Kongamdara line shall be observed due to which 33/11KV Receiving Stations at Kunzar, Dobiwan, Ahmadpora and Kongamdara shall remain off while the power supply to the Kunzar, Dobiwan, Ahmadpora and Kongamdara areas will be affected from 09:30 AM to 03:30 PM on 02 November, 2024.

The shutdown of 33 KV Arampora Handwara Old line shall be observed due to which 33/11KV Receiving Stations at Zachadara, Changmulla, Audoora and Puhrupeth shall remain off while the power supply to the Zachadara, Changmulla, Audoora and Puhrupeth areas will be affected from 09:30 AM to 03:30 PM on 02 November, 2024.

Similarly, in order to carry out reconductoring, the shutdown of 33 KV Alusteng Zakura line shall be observed due to which 33/11KV Receiving Station at Umerhair shall remain off while the power supply to the Ahmed Nagar, Buchpora and Umerhair partially areas will be affected from 09:30 AM to 04:30 PM on 2 & 05 of November, 2024.

Meanwhile, in order to carry out winter preparedness related works, the shutdown of below mentioned 33KV lines shall be observed which will subsequently affect electricity to given areas.

The shutdown of 220KV Amargarh-Zainakote Circuit I&II, 220KV Main Bus and 132/33 KV GSS Zainakote shall be observed due to which power supply to GSS Bemina, Pattan and Wanganpora including 33KV HMT Narbal, Shariefabad shall remain off from GSS Zainakote from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM on 31 October, 2024.

The shutdown of 220KV Wagoora-Pampore Circuit I&II, 450MVA 220/132KVGrid Station Pampore and 220KV Pampore -Mirbazar Circuit I&II (KPTCL) shall be observed due to which power supply to GSS 132 KV Pampore, GSS Chashmashahi, GSS Khonmoh shall remain off through GSS 220 KV Pampore from 10:00 AM to 04:30 PM on 02 November, 2024.(Kashmir News-KN)